Research shows that although over half of school leavers are interested in pursuing a career in the TV and film industry, but the majority do not consider a finance related film career
The audit regulator has fined Mazars for ‘wide-ranging’ failings and a lack of quality control related to the audit of a company based in one of the UK’s crown dependencies
ICAS has called for the Scottish government to urgently reassess the Scottish charity audit threshold as charities struggle to hire experienced audit firms
In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions and hires at Moore Kingston Smith, RSM, PwC, Evelyn Partners, Quantuma, Kilsby Williams, record trainee intake at Hurst, and Access Accountancy
Ethics is hugely important for accountants particularly at a time of economic stress when finances are under pressure, warns the Global Accounting Alliance
As part of a wide-ranging compliance campaign, HMRC has sent letters to non-resident corporate landlords who have failed to pay tax on commercial properties
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has amended IAS 21 to require companies to provide more useful information in their financial statements when a currency cannot be exchanged into another currency
A challenging autumn may lie ahead as HMRC tries to sort out calamitous service issues, but this is not the first time that HMRC has faced such challenges, says Susan Ball, tax partner at RSM
A married couple has lost an appeal over a capital gains tax demand issued by HMRC for £63,500 as their tax agent did not understand basics of capital gains tax
Accountancy firms spent almost four times as much implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in the past year as law firms with the likelihood jobs will be affected in the future
In the latest nudge campaign, HMRC is writing to tax agents and accountants warning them to update provisional submissions on clients’ self assessment returns even though the deadline is five months away
The majority of young people have misconceptions about careers in accountancy and are put off joining the profession by high academic expectations and expensive training